A combination of information
technology and conventional
logistics is side-lining the post
office and courier companies.
Online marketplace
bidorbuy has
announced that it is
partnering with Pargo
to facilitate the growth
of online shopping in
South Africa.
“Delivery is
recognised world-wide
as the key friction
point in ecommerce
and a major deterrent
to the growth of
the internet-based
economy,” says
bidorbuy CEO Jaco Jonker.
“This is especially true
in the South African
environment. Local online
shoppers often
find themselves
between a rock and
a hard place, forced
to make a difficult
decision between
the deteriorating
postal service and
pricey couriers.”
Seeing a gap in
the market Lars
Veul and Derk
Hoekert set up
Pargo in 2015.
“To put it simply,
customers buy something
online and then collect the
goods at the pick-up point of
their choice,” he says.
There are more than 500
Pargo parcel points in shops
and petrol stations all over
the country and this number
is “growing daily,” according
to Hoekert.
Once a buyer chooses the
Pargo delivery option, the
seller packs the order and
calls Pargo to collect the
parcel.
Pargo then takes it to
the parcel point the buyer
selected on check-out.
Couriers being side-lined by 'click and collect'
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